Yum Yum Donuts

Well the donuts are not anything to call home to mom about but they’re not bad and the prices are fair. But this place definitely wins me over by being a ²⁴⁄₇ operation. Places that never close are my favorite because I never have a set schedule. And it looks like they have a variety of breakfast sandwich offerings so I will definitely be back to give them a try.

I don’t know why this place gets bad rep. The doughnuts are honestly not bad. Place is always clean. Coffee is good. Service is great. After coming here a few times I have to say though, the hidden gem is really the Vanilla Carmel Coffee shake, it’s simply amazing.

I was in the area for an estate sale and popped in for coffee for my friend. I was surprised to see they had fresh juices on the menu. I opted for the green juice which was orange, pineapple, celery and spinach. I partake in my fair share of smoothies and juices and I was completely surprised by the freshness of this green goodness! The pineapple and the orange came thru giving it that natural sweetness. Nothing else was added which was perfect. For a quick juice on the run and at a great price, you can’t beat this! The donuts looked amazing but I didn’t want to ruin my juice high. Lol!

YumYum, I had hope for you. But you sadly disapointed me. Your donuts tasted like 2 day old, left out all day and night donuts. I was so excited when I walked in and saw all the varieties, only to be disapointed when I got home and bit into the oreo spinkled blueberry glazed donut. Let me first say that the glaze flaked off and is still sitting on my plate.

Really bad service. I was waiting for them to take my order but once a friend or family walks in, they take their order right away. It’s really bad and I do not recommend this place at all.

Donuts are not that great, coffee is so-​so and don’t bother getting a bagel breakfast sandwich. They microwave the eggs which are flavorless, sausage is also a frozen patty that is microwaved and my bagel was barely toasted. There’s lots of local donut shops worth spending money at and this is not one of them

Yum yum donuts are the best donut shop in the area I have tried so far.
I am a cake donut fan and when they are fresh they are delicious.

I love that this place is open 24 hours. But when we walked in the counter guy was talking to his own friends and family instead of worrying about helping us. After 5 minutes of them talking I just interrupted and told him my order. Minus 1 star.
There is a sign next to the register that mentions if you do not get a receipt that they will give you a dozen free. Well I did NOT GET MY RECEIPT, AND I DID NOT GET MY FREE DOZEN. Wish they would honor this!!! Don’t put the sign up if you are not going to follow through. Minus another star.
Also, the doughnut holes were super stale… Bleh. Minus one more star. The maple glaze was good though.
It was a fun late night trip, but not worth it… I even threw a few bucks into the tip jar… Hind sight, I have no idea why I did that…

You get what you need fast but the down fall is that they have charged me for things that i never received and its happened two times already so as for me im not going back

Better than nasty Dunkin’. Catch these doughnuts when they are fresh. They rarely run out of options. Always get fountain drinks if not coffee. Bottled drinks might have been sitting for a while.

My review is for donuts I had recently that were literally so fresh they hadn’t made it off the baking tray onto the display. The maple bar was so soft and perfect. I’ve had donuts from there that were obviously very old and they were just stale but I figure if you go to a donut store at 2:00am those bad boys aren’t going to be fresh. I deducted 2 stars also for the fact that they don’t have whip cream for their maple bars (discontinued it? Why!?) Custard is gross.

I’ve been in a few times and haven’t strayed too far from their doughnuts. Not too impressed, and to be honest… probably some of the worst donuts I’ve ever had. Very dry… almost always borderline stale.
Even a bad doughnut is still edible though and the fact that they’re 24 hours is pretty awesome. I’ll be back if I’m driving by and get a doughnut craving, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to stop.

I’m not a frequent customer but over the past decade I’ve been here quite a few times.
Their donuts were good, and so was the service, and the best thing is that they are open 24 hours, so if you are up way early or crazy late you can come here for your donut fix.
Recently I noticed a banner proclaiming UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT so it would seem they think that’s a good thing, why else advertise it.
I stopped in Sunday to get an apple croissant and a raised donut, and did not find whatever changes have been made to have improved anything that I could tell.
There were 2 customers ahead of me, and 2 employees. One was ringing up an order while the other was taking out the selections of the man ahead of me.
I was standing there waiting when another man came in, and the employee who had just completed the transaction at the register went over to him and asked him what he wanted. Turns out he took forever to make up his mind what items to choose to make up a box of a dozen.
When he was finally done and wrung up, she comes to me and asks me what I want. I tell her, but then she gets distracted and goes off to do something else before returning to me. She apologized for the delay. I thought, ‘What is that compared to already leaving me waiting for so long because you took someone out of turn in the first place’, but I didn’t say anything.
Now as if bad service weren’t enough, when I went to have my Croissant for breakfast I found it inedible. The filling was ok, but the pastry was a triple threat of dry, rubbery and oily. I ate the raised, sugar sprinkled donut instead and it was good, but after this experience I’m thinking I will be frequenting this place almost never.

I stopped in Sunday night just after 10pm to fill my donut craving. I tried to go to Marie’s first, but they were closed even though Unilocal and Google both said Marie’s was open at 10pm! Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised after reading all the negative reviews of Yum Yum. I got a cinnamon glazed donut, which tasted pretty damn good to me! So good that I got another donut on my way out. Felt a little sketchy to dine in there that late at night though.
Addendum: I have to say the second donut I bought on my way out the door was pretty dry. Probably a day or two old. Had to drop one star off of their rating for that. It was a maple iced yeast donut. Stick with glazed!!!

Pro: Open 24 hours a day! Donuts any time!
Con: Mediocre donuts.
The end.

Happy National Donut Day!!!
I told the coworker that Friday is National Donut Day and he brought in Yum Yum Donuts! Happy Friday to ME!
The Donuts:
They were just OK. Tasted like they were made really early in the morning and just sat out and got stale by the time he purchased them and brought them into the office. Love how thoughtful the coworker was, not so impressed with Yum Yum Donuts and the freshness of their so called bakery. Kinda oily on the outside, good fluff and doughy in the middle, but the glaze on top didn’t have much flavor. Everything just tasted like sugar. Not a fan of Yum Yum at all :(Do BETTER! Come on. you’re a chain!

The Good:
–Open 24 hours
–Donuts bought around 7 or so in the morning (especially on the weekend) are normally fresh and often times right out of the oven so to speak.
The Bad:
–Consistency. Aside from our early morning runs for donuts, donuts are not always fresh and the later in the day our visit is, the staler the donuts appear to be.
The Ugly:
–Coffee…although I do not come here for coffee normally. The times I have gotten a quick cup of coffee, the coffee is like sludge and not in a good way. Now I love espresso and all kinds of caffeine in general; but this stuff could double as old engine oil.
–Staff seem to be like indentured servants. Slow to smile. Seem to hate the fact they are there and have the personalities of wet noodles (well at least when they are behind the counter). I am not sure if it is because they hate their jobs, feel overworked and underpaid, or what; but in general they seem downright miserable.
My visits to this local donut shop has pretty much stopped at this point, except for the every four or five month stop to grab a donut for the gidgets while en route to their perspective schools.

Sad donut :(
The only thing good about this place is that it’s open 24 hours. When we stumbled in a midnight…
*crickets*
…it felt like we had walked into a bodega where the donut shop was just a front for «something else».
Even the guy behind the counter looked like he didn’t want to be there.
The donuts were stale and cold. Ideal for drunk people, though. And when we left, the cops were arresting someone in the parking lot. Klassy.

Horrible. As far as donuts go, I always get an apple fritter when trying out a new donut place, and those can be either hit or miss. Well let me tell you, here at «Yum Yum», it was a miss. The entire thing tasted as if it were soaked in sugar along with like an apple marmalade or something rather than actually being made with apples, the texture was way off and near mush, just an absolute disaster.
I also ordered my other usual, a chocolate custard filled… also a miss, and that’s usually my backup, but nothing about it was correct. The chocolate was too dark, the bread was too dry and dough-​y, and the custard didn’t taste quite right.
Then lastly, I was conned into buying their «bear claw». I was actually very impressed when I saw what looked to be a puffed up (donut looking) version of a bear claw, and so I even asked to make sure. The woman behind the register confirmed, yes, it is a bear claw. Great! I thought, but when I got home I realized I’d been duped, it had an apple filling… no almonds or marzipan spread in sight… that is no bear claw. But I guess I should take responsibility for that one, and next time I want a bear claw I should go to a bakery, and not a low grade donut shop like this.
Try Marie’s Donuts is you’re in the mood for a good donut. It may be a slight drive from this location, but well worth it.

I feel for my older «brother».
Not because I’m the worst sister in the world or that I’m nothing but trouble. I’d rather comment on the fact that he feels the natural inclination to be protective of my actions. So when I’m feeling rather adventurous about bicycling about parts of town that are not so popular, it is a given that he will follow along. Never mind that he is 6’2″ and Italian. We’ll speak of genealogy at a later date.
The only reason as to why I decided to stop here was because it is always open and there is a consistent flurry of action coming out of the establishment on the corner of Franklin and 12^th St. As my guardian stood watch over the bikes, I trotted in to a very funny and friendly gentleman behind the counter. I chose three interesting donuts: the tuxedo, a chocolate glazed custard, and a vanilla glazed donut with apples.
All three donuts for less than $ 3. That was minus the extra I had spent earlier at Old Soul. Spare change. Got to love it. The young man behind the counter was nothing but nice and cheerful, despite the frigid air conditioning that blew off my face. I told him that we had just cycled over from Oak Park so the coolness was a welcome.
«Try standing next to all these machines… they get pretty darn hot.»
I did not doubt that, given the various coffee, juicee, and blending machines set up on the counter. And the fryers? I could not even imagine.
The donuts here have a slightly more chewy consistency as compared to New Roma and the glaze, reflective of the mass produced sugary rings at your local Safeway. Other people who sampled my donuts the next day also confirmed. This of course, after they ate the rest of them without a crumb left in sight.
In addition to donuts, they offer bagels as well as muffins, and coffee and fruit juicies. Diversify. That is the way to keeping up with the gas station across the street and their ever expanding cornucopia of junk food and enamel melting teeth. I thought of this, while I bit into the apple jelly filled donut.
As we walked our bikes around the corner, there is a little walk-​up window with the counters available for all to see in their resting glory. Three tubs filled with the various jellies and custards that are ready to be piped into warm donuts. A rolling rack of trays, neatly stacked with various types of glorious pastries, also lay in wait.
Biking here is easy. Leaving without a donut is hard.